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Cellphones for VERY OLD PEOPLE
by gae - 10/21/04 5:01 PMhelp!
Does anybody out there know if/where it is possible to buy really old big cellphones?
I´m thinking of my mother who is 88 and does not have the eyesight of a teenager nor an eagle. Why on earth do those makers TOTALLY IGNORE THIS CORNAR OF THE MARKET??? These are NOT the people who benefit from ever smaller phones. I really regret not having kept my first - bulky - cellphone. It would have come in handy now.
gae
Re: Cellphones for VERY OLD PEOPLE
by hh - 10/21/04 6:54 PM In reply to: Cellphones for VERY OLD PEOPLE by gaeCheck out eBay. There are lots of older phones for sale there. You can get one of those really old ones with big buttons, etc. for about $10 plus shipping.
Both my parents have seeing problems. I decided to get them a flip phone, this way if it rings they would just flip it open to answer and close it to hang up. No need to push any unnecessary buttons.
So I picked a Motorola v180, it has the buttons separated rather than all attached to each other, where even a normal sighted person can have difficulty dialing.
Also check out the motorola phones offered by Nextel. They seem to have larger than usual buttons.
I think you should stay away from the non-flip phones because they are always inadvertantly pushing buttons without realising and then they try to dial a number and always getting wrong number.
My parents had this problem with their Nokia phone, which otherwise was a very good phone.
Let me know how you make out.
hh
Re: Cellphones for VERY OLD PEOPLE
by GadeTerbob - 10/23/04 5:47 AM In reply to: Cellphones for VERY OLD PEOPLE by gaeI agree with flipphone suggestion. Be aware that in the setup area, you can control the zoom and scroll functions which will make the screen lettering bigger, too.
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